M1.7 earthquake 14 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 14 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Aug 28, 1986, 10:31 PM HST (08:31 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-08-29 08:31:19 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.313° N, 155.268° W
- Region
- Hawaii
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.511 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14614 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.012 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14614 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.025 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14614 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.31 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14614 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.812 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14614 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.125 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14614 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.017 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14613 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14613 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.715 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14613 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14613 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.220 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.147 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.243 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.137 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.136 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.739 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.038 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.641 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.942 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.942 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.443 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.739 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.836 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.136 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.241 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.736 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.240 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.745 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.632 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.338 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.135 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.740 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.135 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.233 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14612 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.145 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14611 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.436 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14611 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.740 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14611 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.731 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14611 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.437 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14611 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.742 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14611 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.633 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14611 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.232 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14611 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.726 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14611 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.234 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14611 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.936 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14610 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14610 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14610 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14610 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14610 days ago · 40 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.515 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14609 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.714 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14609 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.816 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14609 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.115 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14609 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.515 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14609 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.913 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14609 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14609 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.95 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14609 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
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